Ping pong roaming identification and processing in wireless local area network

A controller for ping pong roaming control, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a memory coupled to at least one of the processors;
• and
• a set of computer program instructions stored in the memory, which, when executed by at least one of the processors, perform actions of:
• receiving one or more connection instability events of one or more STAs from one or more APs;
• identifying a ping pong roaming event of a first STA of the one or more STAs based on the one or more connection instability events;
• determining a ping pong roaming processing strategy for the first STA;
• and
• transmitting a ping pong roaming processing instruction to at least one AP of the one or more APs to perform ping pong roaming processing operations based on the determined ping pong roaming processing strategy.

A system, comprising:

• an access point (AP) for ping pong roaming control and a controller for ping pong roaming control,
• wherein the AP comprises:
• one or more processors;
• a memory coupled to at least one of the processors;
• and
• a set of computer program instructions stored in the memory, which, when executed by at least one of the processors, perform actions of:
• determining association switching behaviors of a station (STA) based on association and/or disassociation behaviors of the STA;
• identifying one or more connection instability events of the STA based on the association switching behaviors of the STA;
• and
• reporting at least one of the one or more connection instability events of the STA to a controller for the controller to identify a ping pong roaming event of the STA between multiple APs,
• wherein, the controller comprises:
• one or more processors;
• a memory coupled to at least one of the processors;
• and
• a set of computer program instructions stored in the memory, which, when executed by at least one of the processors, perform actions of:
• receiving one or more connection instability events of one or more STAs from one or more APs;
• identifying a ping pong roaming event of a first STA of the one or more STAs based on the one or more connection instability events;
• determining a ping pong roaming processing strategy for the first STA;
• and
• transmitting a ping pong roaming processing instruction to at least one AP of the one or more APs to perform ping pong roaming processing operations based on the determined ping pong roaming processing strategy.